AAC group
The committee might claim it respected the American Athletic Conference last week by ranking four AAC teams, but none of those teams were really as high as they deserved to be. We’ll see if the committee rethinks that this week–especially in the case of Memphis, who has more ranked wins than multiple two-loss teams ranked ahead of it.
Also, the computer resume rankings love Cincinnati. That changed a bit after the Bearcats beat up on the SOS black hole named UConn, but Cincinnati is still a Top 10 team in resume computers like Colley, Anderson, and Wolfe. Will the committee recognize the resume and bump the Bearcats up a bit? Or will they still be treated as a second-class team because they’re in an (officially, at least) Group of 5 conference?
Other correction
Oklahoma being behind Oregon last week made very little sense. Sure, the Sooners had a slightly worse loss, but they also had better top-end wins. Utah being ahead of Oklahoma made no sense, though. Utah has a worse loss, similar SOS, and worse wins. Will the committee correct that this week? Will a close win over Iowa State stop the committee from fixing it?
Head-to-head
The committee very clearly stuck with head-to-head when teams were close last week. Florida ended up in front of Auburn, even though Auburn has a better SOS and better top wins. The committee also went with the head-to-head results in ranking the Wisconsin-Michigan-Notre Dame trio, even though Wisconsin has by far the worst loss of the bunch. (The loss to Illinois does look a bit better now, though.)